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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

I'm Sexy & I Know It!

Move over Ryan Reynolds... there's a new Deadpool in town. And his name is Fuji.

On Saturday, I was walking around the Serramonte Mall Show when I saw a small crowd gathered around a table. This guy was drawing a sketch for a customer and everyone watching was in awe. I couldn't really see what he was drawing and didn't want to waste any time, so I decided to come back when things settled down.His name is Bordin "Mark" Marsinkul and he told me a little about himself, while he was finishing a sketch for another customer. It's pretty amazing the talent some people have. His ability to draw personalized, high quality colored sketches in less than 20 minutes is mind boggling. I knew right away, I had to have one.For $25, you get a 8.5" x 11"colored, personalized sketch. The hardest part was deciding who I wanted drawn. But after a few minutes of deliberation, I settled on my favorite comic book character: Deadpool.He starts out by taking a picture of you on his phone, which he then uses to draw a pencil sketch.

After you're okay with that, he begins outlining everything with black marker.

Then, he goes to work with his suitcase of colored pens.

And finally, he wraps things up by adding the fine details to the sketch.

As I mentioned in my previous post, my buddy thought I was crazy to pay that much for a colored drawing. But the way I see it, I'm now the proud owner of a one-of-a-kind, personalized ink drawing of my favorite comic book character.Here's a photo of Marsinkul with the finished project:

If you're interested in seeing more of his creations, head over to his Facebook Page or if you're interested in checking out his comic book, Zacklin... go to his website: hyperbooster Studios.Okay...

5-10 years ago, I would've said Spider-Man without a second thought. Now, I'm so completely sick to death of Marvel's endless series of "events" pitting one arbitrary group of heroes against another arbitrary group of heroes, and the only thing that changes is whatever is needed to kick off the next pointless "beating the snot out of each other" event, all while Norman Osborne grins nefariously in the shadowy background, because he, naturally, set the wheels turning on this back in Amazing Spider-Man #3.

As for who I'd want to be now... I'd be tempted to go with someone from "Astro City" or "Top Ten", or even Casanova Quinn from "Casanova", but I'll go with The Tick, since he started out as an indy comic. SPOON!

From about age 10-14 I read just about every title in the D.C. line. Batman/Detective, the 4 Superman Titles, JLA and JL Europe were my favorites. Reading comics was social suicide for a kid that age (thank god sports off-set that for me a little). Even other comic nerds looked down on me for reading DC instead of Marvel or Image.

I was a total DC guy growing up... mainly b/c of the Justice League cartoon on Saturday mornings. But when the X-men cartoon came out in the 90's... I switched over to Marvel. One of my favorite cartoons ever.

About Me

I've been collecting cardboard off and on since the early 80's. I'm presently collecting. But who knows what the future holds in store for me.
One thing is for certain... I'll have my blog to help relive some of my favorite hobby moments.